| As you do your research and learn about the different | | | | feeling of joining the church community and the |
| types of drug rehabs that are available to you, do not | | | | supportive pressure given to them by the members of |
| forget about exploring the Christian drug treatment. | | | | their congregation. |
| Many people, especially those who have relapsed, | | | | Christian drug treatment center offers drug addicts a |
| insist that a faith based treatment program is the best | | | | sense of belonging that they do not usually find in other |
| way to get sober. | | | | types of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. One of the |
| Obviously there are plenty of people who say that | | | | reasons addicts and alcoholics do not seek drug and |
| faith does not and should not play into a person's | | | | alcohol treatment is the fear of judgment by others. |
| recovery from a drug addiction. By now, professional | | | | With Christian rehabilitation, the atmosphere is one of |
| addictions counselors know that there are quite a few | | | | acceptance. The addict is welcomed into a supportive |
| components that are required for a addict to get | | | | community of other people who are also working |
| sober: | | | | toward sobriety. This community works together to |
| 1. A safe, sober and structured environment. | | | | find strength in their common beliefs and use those |
| 2. A steady support system. | | | | beliefs to give them the support they need to stay |
| 3. Drug and Alcohol Counseling and/or personal | | | | sober. A Christian drug rehab will also use faith-based |
| therapy | | | | writings to teach community members how to |
| (And sometimes) 4. An abstinent environment away | | | | overcome their addiction and alcoholism and abstain |
| from the "real world." | | | | from their drugs of choice. |
| It is well known that an addict has a better chance of | | | | Another reason that a Christian drug treatment works |
| getting and staying sober if he or she has a support | | | | when other types of treatment centers fail is the |
| system that he or she can fall back on and that | | | | comfort program participants get in the knowledge |
| nobody can get sober until they work with an | | | | that they are not alone. In addition to the other drug |
| addictions counselor to identify the different triggers | | | | addicts involved in the program, people seeking |
| that make them reach for their drug of choice. | | | | Christian drug treatment are taught to find inspiration |
| A Christian drug treatment center meets all of these | | | | and comfort in a divine being. The idea that there is |
| criteria. Unlike the other types of treatment centers, | | | | always someone watching out for them and hoping |
| faith based treatment recovery programs offer | | | | that they stay sober is often what keeps a recovering |
| addicts something more. According to those who | | | | drug addict/alcoholic from giving into temptation when |
| swear by faith based treatment, it wasn't just their | | | | he leaves the drug treatment center and goes back to |
| faith that helped them get sober. They cite the positive | | | | his "regular" life. |
| atmosphere offered by the church, the welcoming | | | | |